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Rafael Nadal and partner, Ignacio Coll-Riudavets lost to the French team of Arnold Clement and Michael Llodra in straight sets. The match took a little over an hour. The victory was some consolation for Clement since he lost earlier to Dmitry Tursunov in singles.


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Julien Benneteau beat Feliciano Lopez in three sets. Benneteau is one of nine French players in the tournament and the first Frenchman to advance. He will meet Nikolay Davydenko, who is back after an injury, in the next round.

Singles Round of 32:
Dmitry Tursunov def. Q Arnaud Clement 6-0 6-3
Julien Benneteau def. Feliciano Lopez 6-4 5-7 6-2
Mikhail Youzhny def. Q Laurent Recouderc 6-4 6-4
3 Nikolay Davydenko def. Igor Andreev 6-3 6-2
Andreas Seppi def. wc Thiemo De Bakker 6(5)-7 6-2 7-6(1)

Doubles Round of 16:
4 J. Knowle /A. Ram def. wc J. Auckland /A. Murray 6-3 6-4
T. Berdych /J. Melzer def. S. Aspelin /P. Vizner 6-4 6-4
A. Clement /M. Llodra def. wc I. Coll /R. Nadal 6-3 6-4

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